Ireland revive Six Nations campaign with win over Scotland

Murray, Stockdale and Earls score tries for Ireland

EDINBURGH, Feb 9, (RTRS): Ireland got their Six Nations campaign back on track with a pulsating 22-13 victory over Scotland on Saturday, but the physical encounter meant both sides lost players to injury early on.

Scotland’s livewire fullback Stuart Hogg and Ireland’s flyhalf and world player of the year Jonathan Sexton limped off in a close first half, during which the visitors outscored Scotland with two tries to one through Conor Murray and Jacob Stockdale.

Ireland, beaten by England in the opening game last weekend, added a third try after the break at Murrayfield as replacement flyhalf Joey Carbery sliced through a gap before flinging a wide pass for winger Keith Earls to score.

While Scotland hammered away at the Irish defence on a cool, clear afternoon SYDNEY, Feb 9, (AP): Fullback Israel Folau has extended his Wallabies and New South Wales Waratahs contract with a deal that will keep him in rugby union in Australia until 2022.

Having switched to union from rugby league in 2013, Folau already has the fourth-most tries in Wallabies test history with a scoring rate of just over one try in every two test games he has played.

The 29-year old Folau has the Australian record for the most tries in a calendar year when he scored 12 in 2017, despite not playing on the end-of-season tour of Europe.

“I’m really grateful to Rugby Australia and the Waratahs for all they have done for me,” Folau said in a statement issued by NSW Rugby on Saturday.

Folau was the youngest player to represent Australia in rugby league when he played for the Kangaroos in 2007 after starring for the Melbourne Storm in his debut season.

In 2011, Folau joined the Greater Western Sydney Giants in the Australian Football League and played Australian rules football for two seasons before switching to rugby and joining the Waratahs for the 2013 season.